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The Top 100 Lean books by
John Bicheno

John Bicheno, an expert in Lean methodologies, continues to maintain and publish the definitive "Top 100 Lean Books." This valuable resource is an exceptional reference for our Network.

The Top 100 Lean books by John Bicheno

John Bicheno, an emeritus professor at the University of Buckingham's School of Business, was born in South Africa. He has engineering degrees from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and worked for 12 years in industry and local government in South Africa. His areas of expertise include project and design engineering, management services, operations research, and operations management. John started learning about lean with Toyota in South Africa in 1982.

In 1987, John became a senior lecturer in operations management at the University of Buckingham. He was promoted to reader in 1990 and served as dean in 1992. John's interests lie in lean operations for service and manufacturing industries, believing that becoming 'lean' is a priority for all operations-led organisations.

He has authored several best-selling books, such as The Lean Toolbox, and has designed numerous participative games in lean and service. John was also the founding director of the MSc in Lean Operations at the Lean Enterprise Research Centre (LERC) from 1999 to 2012, supervising over 80 master's dissertations. He has also served as a Shingo examiner and joined the APICS CPIM ECO Certification Committee in 2013.

John maintains the updated list of his top 100 books on lean. 

John Bicheno

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The Goal

average rating is 5 out of 5

Author:

Goldratt, E

Date:

1984

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The Systems Bible: Beginners Guide to Systems

average rating is 4 out of 5

Author:

Gall, J

Date:

2002

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Uncommon Service

average rating is 4 out of 5

Author:

Frei, F and Morriss, A

Date:

2012

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The Checklist Manifesto

average rating is 4 out of 5

Author:

Guwande, A

Date:

2011

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Toyota Production System

average rating is 3 out of 5

Author:

Ohno, Taiichi

Date:

1978

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The Leader's Handbook

average rating is 4 out of 5

Author:

Scholtes, P

Date:

1998

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Thinking, fast and slow

average rating is 4 out of 5

Author:

Kahneman, D

Date:

2011

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Leading the Lean Enterprise Transformation (2nd edn)

average rating is 3 out of 5

Author:

Koenigsaecker, G

Date:

2012

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Superforcasting

average rating is 4 out of 5

Author:

Tetlock, P and Gardner, D

Date:

2016

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Creating an Effective Management System

average rating is 3 out of 5

Author:

Graupp, Parick, Steward & Parsons

Date:

2020

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The Lean Games and Simulations Book

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Author:

Bicheno, J

Date:

2015

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How Big Things get done

average rating is 4 out of 5

Author:

Flyvbjerg, B and Gardner, D

Date:

2023

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The Principles of Product Development Flow

average rating is 3 out of 5

Author:

Reinertsen, D

Date:

2009

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Work that Makes Sense

average rating is 4 out of 5

Author:

Galsworth, G

Date:

2011

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The Innovator's Hypothesis

average rating is 4 out of 5

Author:

Schrage, M

Date:

2014

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Experimentation Works

average rating is 4 out of 5

Author:

Thomke, S

Date:

2020

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